CHAZEN INDIA

STUDY TOUR

2016 / 2017

ORGANIZERS:

Aditya Mahajan

Anindya Dutta

Ankur Dubey

Ayush Dabas

Pulkit Agarwal

Ridhee Goyal

Today’s Agenda

• Travel Plan

• Things to do

• Company visits

• Budget

• Logistics

Travel Plan

Mumbai: Dec 28 – Dec 31

Jaipur: Jan 1 – Jan 2

Delhi: Jan 2 – Jan 7

Agra: Jan 5

Goa (optional): Jan 7 – Jan 8

MumbaiMarine Drive Bollywood

Gateway of India Antilla – Most expensive home

Jaipur

Amber Fort Choki Dani Hawa Mahal

DelhiParliament India Gate Qutb-Minar

Delhi Metro Red Fort

Delhi

Lotus Temple

Jama Musjid

“Food heaven”

Agra

• Jan 5: Trip by bus to The Taj Mahal

Goa (optional)

• Jan 7-8: Fly from Delhi to Goa

Tentative company visits

• PE/VC

– Warburg Pincus / Apax Partners / Sequoia Capital

• Development Institutions

– World Bank / IFC

• Upcoming Start-ups

– Chaayos / Groots / GyanDhan

• Meetings with the Government

– BJP Spokesperson / Minister of Inland Waterways

• Major Indian Corporate houses

– ITC / Airtel / Tata

Budget

• Total Estimated Cost: $1800 - $2000

Included:

- Ground Transportation

- Four/Five Star Luxury Hotel Accommodation (double occupancy)

- Most Meals

- Airfare within the country

- Admission to some cultural activities

Not Included:

- International airfare (approx. $1000-$1200)

- Other personal expenses

Logistics

• 40 students total including organizers

• Full-time MBAs only – no significant others

• Students with holds on their accounts cannot participate

• Students are required to attend the entire study tour

• All company visits are mandatory

Note: Chazen Study Tours may be cancelled due to low enrollment or other

issues that would make the tour non-viable (a full refund of costs and bid points

will be given if a tour is cancelled by Chazen).

Bidding

• Bidding starts Tuesday, September 20 at 2:00pm and ends on Tuesday,

September 27 at 4:00pm (https://chazentours.gsb.columbia.edu)

• Results will be released on Wednesday, September 28

• Successful bidders will have 48 hours to pay a non-refundable deposit in

order to secure their spot

• Unsuccessful bidders will have their bid points refunded and will be placed

on a waitlist (based on bid amount - highest to lowest). If a students gets a

spot on the tour, he will be charged this bid amount.

• No swapping

Things to Look Forward To• The Indian ‘Wildlife’

• Comparing New York’s traffic

to New Delhi traffic

• Dancing Bollywood-style

• The food

• Being treated like a rock star

• The colors

• The mustaches (Jaipur!)

• Thousands of years of

history

• India’s hope and optimism

(Don’t try this at home.)

Meet your organizersPulkit Agarwal Ridhee Goyal Aditya Mahajan

Anindya Dutta Ankur Dubey Ayush Dabas

Thank you!Please reach out to Anindya Dutta

(ADutta17@gsb.columbia.edu) for more information